ATI Radeon 7000 vs HD 6970

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	554	1544
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.92	no data
Power efficiency	2.01	no data
Architecture	TeraScale 3 (2010−2013)	Rage 6 (2000−2007)
GPU code name	Cayman	RV100
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	14 December 2010 (14 years ago)	19 February 2001 (24 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$369	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1536	no data
Core clock speed	no data	183 MHz
Boost clock speed	880 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	2,640 million	30 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	550 Watt	23 Watt
Texture fill rate	84.48	0.55
Floating-point processing power	2.703 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	32	1
TMUs	96	3

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus support	PCIe 2.0 x16	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 4x
Length	267 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	None

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	32 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1375 MHz	183 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	2.928 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Eyefinity	+	-
HDMI	+	-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

CrossFire

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-

API and SDK compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	DirectX® 11	7.0
Shader Model	5.0	no data
OpenGL	4.4	1.3
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	-	N/A

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

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Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

FPS performance in popular games

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	14 December 2010	19 February 2001
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	32 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	550 Watt	23 Watt

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